Lower-limb vascular imaging with acoustic radiation force elastography: Demonstration of in vivo feasibility

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 931-944

  Dumont, Douglas ^a   Dahl, Jeremy ^a   Miller, Elizabeth ^b   Allen, Jason ^b   Fahey, Brian ^a   Trahey, Gregg ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE; ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; B-MODE IMAGES; CURRENT STATUS; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEALTHY HUMANS; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; ULTRASONIC RADIATION FORCE; VASCULAR IMAGING; VASCULAR PHANTOMS; VASCULAR WALL;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ACOUSTIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LEG; METHODOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOWER EXTREMITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POPLITEAL ARTERY;

EID: 67650433007     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1126     Document Type: Article

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